Mark Kelly

A scrum of reporters gathered outside Sen. Joe Manchin's office Tuesday afternoon waiting for any sign of movement on his embattled background checks amendment while inside he met privately with negotiating partner Sen. Pat Toomey and former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly. Giffords' gun control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, has been credited with helping to bring Toomey and Manchin together to draft a provision to expand background checks. (Read Sunday's tick-tock of how Toomey became involved here.) Giffords survived an assassination attempt in 2011, but suffered major brain trauma. The four principles met privately for about 10 minutes...

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